Category Archives: books
Rails 3 in a Nutshell
Rails 3 in a Nutshell, by Cody Fauser, James MacAulay, Edward Ocampo-Gooding, and John Guenin, O’Reilly, 2013 For experienced web programmers interested in expert-level Ruby on Rails material, written by some of the lead programmers of Shopify. Read it online … Continue reading
Well-grounded Java
The Well-grounded Java Developer – Vital Techniques of Java 7 and Polyglot Programming, Benjamin Evans, – 2013 Java programmers will want to read this book. Java 7 has NIO2, allowing input/output on multiple connections concurrently within a single process. The … Continue reading
JavaScript Design Patterns
Learning JavaScript Design Patterns, by Addy Osmani, O’Reilly, 2012 Web programmers will want to read this book, which is free online. Unfortunately, this book is not yet at the OPL.
PHP Design Patterns
Learning PHP Design Patterns, William Sanders, O’Reilly 2013 Web programmers will want to read this book, in particular users of PHP. PHP’s success as a web app language comes largely from its freedom from structure: you can hack code together … Continue reading
Epigenetics
The Epigenetics Revolution How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance, Nessa Carey, – 2012)
NoSQL Distilled
NoSQL Distilled – A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence, Pramod Sadalage, – 2013 Programmers will like this book if they understand relational databases and are open to alternate database concepts. Non-SQL databases are useful when you … Continue reading
Cypherpunks
Cypherpunks Freedom and the Future of the Internet By Assange, Julian (Book – 2012) Rant? This book by the leader of Wikileaks is unreadable polemic.
Big Data
Big Data A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think By Mayer-Schonberger, Viktor/ Cukier, Kenneth (Book – 2013)
Teams of Robots With Lego
Build Your Own Teams of Robots With Lego Mindstorms Nxt and Bluetooth Build Your Own Networked Robots, Cameron Hughes, – 2013 Programmers will like this book, which shows how to use Java libraries in place of the standard NXT toolset, … Continue reading
Python for Data Analysis
Python for Data Analysis, Wes McKinney, O’Reilly, 2013
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